An email from 'pommygranate':
You may be interested by recent developments Down Under with regards Aboriginal welfare. After 30 years of unconditional and increased welfare for anyone who could prove they were 1/8th Aboriginal, the Labour Party has declared the experiment an abject failure. Dependancy is now endemic and even the architects of this welfare program have accepted its defeat.http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18409415%255E601,00.html
In its place, a new system is soon to be trialed whereby communities will only receive welfare under certain conditions (e.g. ensuring their children attend school).Interesting that even those on the Left in Australia have now admitted what a catastrophe is unconditional welfare.
Posted by James Bartholomew • Indexed in Welfare benefits
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It is interesting to see that the Labor Party has finally admitted that the Conservative policy direction was so much better than the rights claptrap that the left has been serving up for years.
However, the Labor Party won't be in Government for many years yet.
Posted by: Peter L from Oz at March 15, 2006 11:21 PM
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James
I have written on this here.
http://pommygranate.blogspot.com/2006/03/time-to-re-think-aboriginal-welfare.html
I hope to fly up to Cape York soon to meet Noel Pearson - a very influential Aboriginal leader. I will drop you a note if i am successful.
Posted by: pommygranate at March 14, 2006 01:54 AM